Handle for pot and other covers



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G. E. PALMER.

HANDLE FOR POT AND OTHER'GOVBRS. No. 310,716. Patented Jan. 13, 1885.

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GEORGE E. PALMER, OF HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK.

HANDLE FOR POT AND OTHER COVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,716, dated January13, 1885.

Application filed January 14;1884.

To all whom it 777/661] concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. PALMER, of Horseheads, in the county ofChemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Handles for Pot and other Covers, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Thisinvention relates to ring or loop shaped handiesfor use on pot andother covers 5 and it consists in a novel construction of the handle andin the means of attaching it to the cover, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and whereby the handle is made readily attachable anddetachable, which facilitates packing and shipping, may be held in itsplace without solder, which when exposed to heat is liable to loosen,and when attached and in use will always occupy an upright position,,thereby keeping comparatively cool when applied as a handle to a stoveor other pot c0ver,and always being in a convenient position forgrasping by the hand, in all of which respects it,has the advantage overthe ordinary permanentlyattached drop-ring handle of pot and other likecovers.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a plan of a pot or other cover with handle attached,in illustration of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on theline a: a: in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a further vertical section on the line313 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top view of the cover, with the handle andits holding plate removed. Fig. 5 is a plan of the plate used to holdthe handle in position on the cover, and Fig. 6 a side view of thehandle detached.

A is a pot or other cover to which the de- In the top of this cover A,preferably in the central portion thereof, two grooves or depressions, aand b, crossing each other, are made, the one, 12, which is deeper thanthe other, interrupting the depression a. These depressions may bestamped or otherwise made in the cover. The interrupted groove ordepression a serves to receive within it a handle-holding plate, 0,which is secured by l (No model.)

end rivets, c 0, to the cover, and the upper surface of which is flushwith the top of the cover, or thereabont. The deeper depression b formsshoulders or walls on its opposite sides and ends for support of theentering portion of the handle. The handle B, which may be made ofwrought-iron, steel, or other elastic or yielding material, is of a flatloop or ring shape, interrupted or broken below, and with itsinterrupted end portions, 01 d, constructed to form flat or straighttongues or feet, and with jogs or shoulders e e where they join thecircular portion of the handle, to bear against the ends of thedepression Z) when the handle is in position. The adjacent or forwardends of these tongues or feet d d are sharpened or beveled off, as at ff, to facilitate the entry of the handle to its place. Furthermore,perforations 9 may, if desired, be made in the upper portion of thehandle. The plate 0 may be made of wrought-iron, or of any othersuitable material.

WVhen it is desired to attach the handle B to the cover, said handle isforced or sprung so as to enter its feet cl d within the depression 1),and under the plate 0, fast on or within the cover or depression athereof, the shoulders e e and walls of the depression I) aiding, inconjunction with the plate 0, to firmly hold the handle in an uprightposition, convenient for grasp by the hand, and less liable to becomeheated than the drop-ring ordinarily in use on pot-covers; nor is thereany occasion to use solder for fastening the handle to its place, theplate 0 being secured by rivets; neither are any perforations, allowingfor the passage of steam or heat, necessary in the groove or depressionin which the feet (Z d of the ring-handle fit. This detachable handleprovides for a much closer packing of the covers in shipping, and, beingin socketed connection with the cover, it is readily applied and securedin its place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 90 1. A detachable loop or ring shaped handle for potand other covers, formed of a single piece of spring material, andinterrupted at its base, and constructed with flattened tongues or feetadapted to form a socketed connection with the cover, and to hold thehandle, when 3. The divided ring shaped detachable attached, in anupright position on the cover, cover-handle B, constructed with flatstraight substantially as specified. feet (I d, sharpened or beveled attheir adja- 1 2. The detachable flat and elastic or yieldcent ends, andmade to form jogs or shoulders 5 ing ring-shaped handle B, interruptedat its e c at their junction with the curved portion base, andconstructed with engaging feet or of the handle, substantially as andfor the tongues dd, in combination with the cover A, purposes hereindescribed.

having cross grooves or depressions a b of different depths, in its top,and the p1ate C, GEORGE PALMER 10 secured on and Within the shallowerone of WVitnesses:

said grooves, essentially as and for the pur- THOMAS HIBBARD, posesherein set forth. IsAAo CHAPMAN.

